A heartbroken couple has told the Gazette of their devastation that their long-planned wedding will not be able to go ahead at the TAD Centre.

A heartbroken couple has told the Gazette of their devastation that their long-planned wedding will not be able to go ahead at the TAD Centre.

Andrew Green and Katrina Roth from Middlesbrough had planned and saved for their dream wedding for nearly a year when they paid a #500 deposit to the TAD (Training Advice and Development) Centre in November.

Now the centre has closed in the midst of a cash crisis, the couple are faced with the reality that their dream wedding is in tatters.

They have lost the #500, which amounted to almost half of the total wedding cost at the centre, and they claim they have not even received an explanation from the people involved.

Andrew, 32, and Katrina, 26, of Briggs Avenue, South Bank, have two sons, Bradley, three, and Brandon, who is one this month.

The TAD Centre, a three-star hotel and conference centre in Berwick Hills, was a joint venture between Teesside Training and Enterprise Council, Middlesbrough Council and City Challenge.

On Friday, it was confirmed that the centre had closed on the back of a cash crisis.

But what infuriates Andrew and Katrina is the fact that they were never told about the situation by the TAD Centre, but found out via the media.

"What has annoyed us so much is that they have never rang us or written to us to tell us what has happened," said Andrew, who works for Balfour Beatty.

"It's broken Katrina's heart. We were promised the dream wedding and now we've had to cancel the whole thing. We don't know when we will be able to get married now."

"Not only will we have to save the money back up but the cars and photographer, everything, is booked for June 28 at the TAD Centre so it all needs rearranging," said Katrina.

"It took us months to save that money up and organise everything. It had a bridal suite and we went to look at it and it was lovely. We decided we would spend the night there after the wedding."

Andrew added: "We know there's a lot of other people involved and people have lost their jobs but we felt we should come forward too because we've lost our wedding day".

Andrew handed over a #500 cheque on November 17 and it was taken out of his account on November 27. They were due to pay the remaining #700 four weeks before the wedding .

Andrew said: "Four times we went to try and find out what was going on and it's not just us. A woman on the reception told us there are three other couples who have lost their deposits for weddings.

"We are still waiting to hear from them but they have told us we're going to have to cancel.

"I'm going to have to work seven days a week and Katrina will have to work over so we can save the money back up again to get married."

No one from the TAD Centre or Middlesbrough Council was available for comment.